Device for drawing sausage-casings upon the nozzles of sausage-stuffing machines



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

P. W. WILDER.

DEVICE FOR DRAWING SAUSAGE GASINGS UPON THE NOZZLES 0 F SAUSAGE STUPFING MAGHINES.

No. 432,173. Patented July 15, 1890.

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No Model) F. W. WILDER. DEVICE FOR. DRAWING SAUSAGE GASINGS UPON THE NOZZLBS 0F SAUSAGE STUPFING MACHINES.

No. 432,173. Patented July 15, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRED WV. WVILDER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DEVICE FOR DRAWING SAUSAGE-CASINGS UPON THE NOZZLES OF SAUSAGE-STUFFING MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 432,173, dated July 15, 1890.

Application filed May 9, 1890. Serial No. 351,201. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRED IV. \VILDER, residing in the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, and a citizen of the United States, have invented a new and usef ul Improvement in Devices for Drawing Sausage-Casings on the Nozzles of Sausage- Stufiing Machines, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a top or plan view. Fig. 2 is a front elevation. Fig. 3 is a side elevation. Fig. 4 is a detail showing the nozzle of a sausage-stuffing machine. Fig. 5 is a detail showing the detachable nozzle applied to a sausage-stuiiing machine.

This device is to be used in connection with sausage-stuffing machines employing a nozzle such as that shown in Letters Patent of the United States, No. 343,077, granted to Maximilian Siereveld and Granville II. Stallman, June 1, 1886. In using such machines it has been customary for the operator to place a single casin g upon the nozzle of the machine at a time. This method requires the skilled operator to place a single casing upon the nozzle before filling it, which requires considerable time.

The objects of this invention are to employ a number of detachable nozzles, and to provide a device for drawing the'casings on the detached nozzles, which might be done by cheap labor, which I accomplish as illustrated in the drawings and as hereinafter described.

That which I claim as new will be pointed out" in the claims.

In the drawings, A represents the frame of the machine.

B is the driving-pulley, which is mounted upon the shaft 12, supported in suitable brackets in the frame A."

C is a driving-belt, which is driven bya pulley c, secured upon the shaft Z). This belt C drives a pulley e, secured upon the shaft E.

D is a belt, which is driven by a pulley (Z, secured upon the shaft Z). This belt D drives a pulley f, secured upon a shaft F.

The shafts E and F are secured in uprights I in the front of the machine. The shaft F is secured in stationary bearings, and the shaft E is secured in hearings in the blocks 1 which slide in vertical guides in the up rights I.

G is a feed-wheel secured upon the shaft E. II is a feed-wheel secured upon the shaft F. J is the lever, which is fulcrumed upon a support j, and at its forward end pivotally connected with the shaft E or blocks a. At its rear end the lever J is connected byalink with a foot-lever K.

L is a spring for returningthepart-s to their inoperative position.

M (see Fig. 4) is a detached nozzle. This nozzle M may be adapted to be attached to any form of sausage-machine.

The feed-wheels G and II are grooved to receive the end of the nozzle M between them and rotate in the direction of the arrows indicated in Fig. 3.

N is a feed-table.

The operation is as follows: A number of detachable nozzles M are employed for each stuffing-machine. The operator first places one end of the casing a short distance on a nozzle M. I'Ie then'places the nozzle M in the position shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3. He then presses downwardly upon the lever K, which, through the link 70 and lever J, raises the shaft E and wheel G, bringing the feedwheels G and II into contact with the nozzle M and the end of the sausage-easing thereon. The contact of the feed-wheels G and II will feed or draw the sausage-casing upon the nozzle M very quickly. \Vhen the operator removes his foot from the lever K, the spring L will return the parts to their inoperative position. The size of the grooves or contact faces of the feed-wheels G and II may be varied according to the size of the nozzles M and casings to be operated upon. One operator can thus place a single casing upon each nozzle and have them in readiness for the use of another person using the stuffinguna chine.

The nozzles M may be provided with any suitable means for attaching them to the stufling-machine.

WVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for drawing sausage-casings on a nozzle for sausage-stuffing machines, comprising feed-wheels adapted to engage with the end of the casing and move it onto the from the first feed-whee], substantially as 10 nozzle, andinechanismfor rotating said Wheel specified. or Wheels, substantially as specified. 3. lhe combination, with a detached noz- 2. In a device for drawing sausage-casings z1e,0f mechanism for drawing a sansage-cason the nozzle of sausage-stuffing machines, the ing thereon, substantially as specified. combination, With a feed-Wheel, of a second I FRED V. l'VILDER. feed-wheel, said wheels being adapted to en- Vitnesses: gage with the nozzle and casing, and mechanl H. O. GARDNER, ism for moving the second Wheel toward and J. S. BRASKHAM. 

